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Selling stolen military equipment

Wasn't there a thread here recently about a Navy Seal who was caught stealing ammo and weapons and then selling them off? Seems to be a prevalent thing these days.
 
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The government lives on these forums and patrols the FS Section looking for this stuff.

When it happens we usually get a request from our resident favorite ICE agent looking for the buyer and seller's IP address.

Sucks to buy it only to have it "recovered" at a loss to you.

Forums are low hanging fruit for government agents, you've been warned.
 
The government lives on these forums and patrols the FS Section looking for this stuff.

When it happens we usually get a request from our resident favorite ICE agent looking for the buyer and seller's IP address.

Sucks to buy it only to have it "recovered" at a loss to you.

Forums are low hanging fruit for government agents, you've been warned.


I have assisted Army CID with the recovery of stolen ACOG's from a duche that got a BCD.
 
A few years ago I purchased an ACOG on this site. Contacted Trijicon, it was not US property, made the deal. No fun stealing from uncle sam.
 
When I was in the Military it was not called stealing, it was called appropriating. There was not a single soul that did not have something they appropriated. And that included the IG AND CID.

I went into a bank in Germany once to exchange some money and on the counter there was a black pen attached to a bead chain that said "Property of US Government".

Must have been part of a foreign assistance program....
 
Would this mean that anything marked property of US ( Army,Navy, etc) cannot be sold to the public even if it is long out of use?
 
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the mere fact that the post says stolen should raise suspicion about that guy lol
 
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I guess this could be a bit different, maybe the same.

When I hired out with the Anchorage Police Dept. I had to take a polygraph. One of the questions was, "Have you ever stole from an employer" I answered yes. When I got out of the Army at Ft Devens Ma, I had a '61 Chev with a busted gas gage so I took a 5 gal gas can off a Jeep. He asked if I took anything else, "yup, it was full of gas".

We all have done it, that don't make it right. Somehow I think its worse when you sell it. But that's just my opinion, stealing for my own use is stealing just the same.
 
Equipment is sold to civilians all the time. DRMO. Can't count the stuff that is not fixed that goes to DRMO and is then off to a public auction. I have actually seen a Detroit diesel that needed overhaul and it was going to run to much. Went to DRMO and Saw it for sale on ebay about 6 months later. Cost on the motor was $110,854 and it was being sold for $15,000. I know it was the same motor because I called and asked the serial number (we keep all the records) and it was. So basically you never can tell even if it is a reputable place or some place shady.
 
Big difference buying something through DRMO on ebay or public auction as opposed to individual service members stealing shit and selling it to civilians.
 
When you say "low hanging fruit",,,,, why do i get the gut feeling the fruit doesn't stop with just the for sale section of sh? ;)

The government lives on these forums and patrols the FS Section looking for this stuff.

When it happens we usually get a request from our resident favorite ICE agent looking for the buyer and seller's IP address.

Sucks to buy it only to have it "recovered" at a loss to you.

Forums are low hanging fruit for government agents, you've been warned.
 
You guys missed last month when some jerkoff was selling a DAGR and a CIEA mine detector, among a pile of other stolen shit.
 
Someone tried to sell a Duke system on ebay for half a mil. An arrest followed shortly after.
 
You guys missed last month when some jerkoff was selling a DAGR and a CIEA mine detector, among a pile of other stolen shit.
Someone tried to sell a Duke system on ebay for half a mil. An arrest followed shortly after.

I had to look each of these up. Simply not my "path of life". As to that... instead of 'arrests' I myself think a simple 'airstrike' is more deserving. despicable.
 
No shit? Never heard about that one. How the fuck did he get his mitts on a Duke?

That I don't know, we just had a safety briefing on it. It was a contractor that "took one for repair" if you know what I mean.
 
I've been asked by some folks to confirm/deny whether an item is currently owned by the .mil.

I hate hate HATE thieves...... Knowing thievery really gets my blood boiling.